Dr Laurie Da Silva

Senior Technologist

Advanced Forming Research Centre

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Near-net-shape wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) of bimetallic P22 steel and Inconel 625 : microstructure–property correlations: Banerjee Amborish, Souza Paul, Mckegney Scott, Pimentel Misael, da Silva Laurie, King Michael, Rahimi Salah; Progress in Additive Manufacturing Vol 11, pp. 3125-3135 (2026); https://doi.org/10.1007/s40964-025-01511-9
Sustainable manufacturing of a high-value tubular Ti-6Al-4V component using flow-forming process; effect of feed-rate on microstructure evolution: Banerjee Amborish, Nelson Kyle, Roszak Jacob, Paslioglu Kadir, Sivaswamy Giribaskar, da Silva Laurie, Rahimi Salah; Materials Chemistry and Physics Vol 344 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2025.131086
Sustainable manufacturing of maraging steel seamless tube via flow forming : structure-property relations: Banerjee Amborish, Nelson Kyle, Milliken David, da Silva Laurie; Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering Vol 25 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1007/s43452-025-01199-2
Design and development of a bespoke rotary friction welding machine in exploration of joining dissimilar materials for nuclear applications: Dellepiane Michail, Da-Silva Laurie, Toumpis Athanasios; Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing Vol 9 (2025); https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp9010027
Finite element modelling of transient behaviours and microstructural evolution during dissimilar rotary friction welding of 316 austenitic stainless steel to A516 ferritic steel: Banerjee Amborish, da Silva Laurie, Rahimi Salah; Journal of Advanced Joining Processes Vol 8 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jajp.2023.100167
Evolution of microstructure in MLX®19 maraging steel during rotary friction welding and finite element modelling of the process: Banerjee Amborish, Da Silva Laurie, Rahimi Salah, Platts Andrew, Rahimi Salaheddin; Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Transactions of the ASME Vol 145 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4063090

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AFRC-CRAD 05309-Building Engineering Capability in Ti alloys: Rahimi, Salaheddin (Principal Investigator) Ramachandran, Saranarayanan (Researcher) Fabris, Mathieu (Researcher) Da Silva, Laurie (Researcher); Rolls-Royce have approached the AFRC with a request to participate in their Building Engineering capability in Titanium Alloys (BETA) project proposal, bidding in to the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) strategic funding programme. This proposal aims to accelerate the evaluation and exploitation of the latest titanium alloys alongside design and manufacturing processes to enable the realisation of large, ultra-high bypass ratio engines. This technology is directly aligned to the ATI strategic theme of 'Propulsion of the future - realisation of large ultra-high bypass ratio (UHBR) turbofan engines'. Project value: £600,000; 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2025
AFRC-CRAD-06177 - WP3.4: Material Characterisation of Spigot Features Formed by Sheet Splitting Trials: Krishnamurthy, Bhaskaran (Researcher) Watt, Kyle (Principal Investigator) Hicks, May (Co-investigator) Da Silva, Laurie (Project Lead); This project will develop advanced manufacturing capability and novel engine assembly technologies to machine, form, cast and assemble novel high temperature materials. The project will generate new manufacturing capabilities to enable new designs, reduce engine set value, minimise through-life cost and improve the manufacturing sustainability for application in the Aerospace Engine fleet and future engines including UltraFan(r), with read-across opportunities to other sectors.; 03-Jan-2023
AFRC-CORD 1093-In-series inertia welding: Banerjee, Amborish (Project Lead) Ramachandran, Saranarayanan (Researcher) Da Silva, Laurie (Researcher); Commercial project for Rolls-Royce on in-series rotary friction welding to evaluate the solid-state weldability of Udimet 720 and post-weld analysis. Project value: £15,087; 06-Jan-2022 - 05-Jan-2023
AFRC-CORD-1851 - RFW mixed metal welding: Fabris, Mathieu (Co-investigator) Da Silva, Laurie (Co-investigator); research work for Rolls-Royce on the rotary friction welding process to evaluate welding of different nickel alloys with microstructural analysis. Project value: £107,788; 15-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2021
AFRC-DIRF-1738 - RFW WP1.3 round 4: Fabris, Mathieu (Principal Investigator) Da Silva, Laurie (Co-investigator); research work for Rolls-Royce on the rotary friction welding process. Project value: £16,552; 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2021
AFRC-DIRF-1418 - RFW CAJORR round 4: Fabris, Mathieu (Co-investigator) Da Silva, Laurie (Co-investigator); research work for Rolls-Royce on the rotary friction welding process. Project value: £34,007; 01-Jan-2019 - 30-Jan-2019